The Village of Stepanchikovo
- Author Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrator Roger May
- Publisher SNR Audio
- Publish Date 11 April 2024
- Run Time 10 hours and 32 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic fiction, Fiction: general and literary.
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What to expect
'The road to hell is paved with good intentions.'
First published in 1859 shortly after Dostoyevsky was freed from compulsory military service,
The Village of Stepanchikovo is a comic portrait of tyranny disguised as virtue.
When Sergey Alexandrovich is summoned back to his uncle's remote estate in St. Petersburg, he's faced with a cast of extraordinary characters. His Uncle, a retired colonel, usually keeps the company of nobleman, yet to Sergey's surprise, a middle-aged charlatan – Foma Fomich Opiskin – holds the floor. From pompous preaching about the importance of modesty to snide, humiliating remarks towards the other guests, Opiskin manipulates his way to a position of influence. But when Opiskin's thinly veiled scheming is challenged by the colonel, all hell breaks loose… Early Dostoyevsky at his funniest,
The Village of Stepanchikovo is a sharp, witty and waspish portrayal of farcical morality.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 – 1881) was a Russian novelist, journalist and philosopher. Famed for his masterpieces
Crime and Punishment,
The Idiot and
The Adolescent, his works are characterised by profound psychological insight and existentialist exploration. Today, he is regarded as one of the greatest novelists of all time.
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